Automated split bill and group payment workflows

Purpose

1. Automate split bill and group payment workflows for Korean barbecue restaurants, enhancing accuracy, speed, and customer satisfaction during complex order and payment processing scenarios.

2. Streamline the division of bills among multiple guests, trigger payment collection, coordinate with POS and mobile wallets, automate tip distribution, and sync transaction data into accounting and CRM systems.

3. Enable automating communication for payment confirmations, receipts, and reminders, reducing manual intervention and errors.

4. Ensure seamless, automated handling of split payments whether dine-in, online ordering, or group reservations are involved, optimizing financial flow and reducing staff burden.

Trigger Conditions

1. Order finalization and “request split payment” selected on POS or mobile/tablet interface.

2. Guest initiates “split bill” via in-store QR or table tablet interface.

3. Detection of group booking or reservation with shared payment request.

4. Partial payment received, triggering automated reminders for outstanding balances.

Platform Variants

1. Square POS

• Feature/Setting: Split Tender API; configure to automate bill splitting and multiple payment captures per order.
  

2. Toast POS

• Feature/Setting: Group Pay; enable automated splitting by guest and automate guest payment link via text/email.
  

3. Stripe

• Feature/Setting: Payment Intents API; use Split Payments with destination charges to automatedly route shares.
  

4. PayPal

• Feature/Setting: Payouts API; automate bill portions to group members’ PayPal accounts.
  

5. Venmo

• Feature/Setting: Venmo Pay API; automate group payment requests and payment confirmations.
  

6. Zelle

• Feature/Setting: Zelle API partner integration; automate person-to-person split bill payment notifications.
  

7. Twilio SMS

• Feature/Setting: Programmable Messaging; automate bill summary and payment request notifications to guests' devices.
  

8. SendGrid

• Feature/Setting: Transactional Email API; automate sending digital receipts and reminder emails for unpaid shares.
  

9. QuickBooks Online

• Feature/Setting: API Invoice endpoint; automate split bill transaction logging and reconciliation.
  

10. Xero

• Feature/Setting: Invoices API; automate group bill entries and payment settlements for reconciliation.
  

11. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Webhooks API; automate notifications to back-office or management channels when splits occur.
  

12. Microsoft Teams

• Feature/Setting: Teams Messaging API; automate group payment notifications to staff for order finalization.
  

13. Google Sheets

• Feature/Setting: Sheets API; automate recording of split payment data and outstanding balances per guest.
  

14. Airtable

• Feature/Setting: Airtable Automations; automate tabulation and reporting of group payments.
  

15. Zapier

• Feature/Setting: Multi-step zaps; automate splitting bills across POS, payments, communication, and accounting tools.
  

16. Shopify POS

• Feature/Setting: POS Extensions; automate requests and settlements of shared payment for group orders.
  

17. Apple Pay

• Feature/Setting: Apple Pay API; automate multi-party payment requests for group transactions.
  

18. Google Pay

• Feature/Setting: Google Pay API; automate bill splitting, request, and reminders for Android users.
  

19. Clover POS

• Feature/Setting: Orders API; automate grouping of orders and split payment collection per diner.
  

20. Facebook Messenger

• Feature/Setting: Messenger Send API; automate group payment links and reminders within Messenger chats.
  

21. WhatsApp

• Feature/Setting: Business Messaging API; automate split bill notifications and reminders to guests.
  

22. Mailgun

• Feature/Setting: Transactional Email API; automate receipt delivery for each group member.
  

23. Plaid

• Feature/Setting: Transfer API; automate direct ACH or bank split payments from diners.
  

24. DocuSign

• Feature/Setting: eSignature API; automate authorization for group payment agreements if required for large groups.
  

Benefits

1. Automates complex group payments for faster bill closing and higher table turnover.

2. Automatedly reduces staff workload, minimizing manual calculation and payment chasing.

3. Automates error-free, real-time payment and notification flows, increasing customer trust.

4. Automatedly synchronizes payment records into accounting and CRM for enhanced business analytics.

5. Automates guest communication, improving guest experience and satisfaction.

6. Facilitates automatable tipping, fair bill division, and transparency for group dining scenarios.